New House

Several of you have asked for photos of the new house. Some of these are from the realtor’s listing and were taken when the house was empty. I wish I had gotten more of them — there were several, but they have been taken down now that the house has been sold. It is now full of boxes. I’ll probably repost pictures after we get things a bit more put away, but that will be a while.

But before we get to the house, this is a view of the mountains coming from SC to TN. I’ve often wished I could take pictures of the view, but can’t do so while driving, and there is no place to pull off the road to do so. Jesse took this while we whizzed by:

That is a little darkish as it was just before sunset, but still pretty with the clouds nestled down in the mountains.

OK. so here is the front of the house.

I don’t have a picture of this, but just as you come in there is a little area off to the left. It is not as big as a full-fledged living room but will make a nice little sitting area. When looking at so many houses with “great rooms,” we questioned whether we really needed a separate living and family room. But we decided it is nice to have one room with no media in it, where people or individuals and sit and talk or read or whatever, so that is what this will be.

To the right there are closets — no pictures, not very exciting to look at, but I love that there is so much storage — and the garage and a bathroom which I forgot to take a picture of.

Then as you proceed through the house, you come to the dining area and kitchen.

This I had shown before. I love that there is a little bar area — I have always wanted that. The little room behind the arch we will use as an office. There is a similar arch to the right entering to the family room and again to the left going down the hall to the bedrooms.

So here is the family room, unfurnished:

That is a gas log fireplace. I love the idea of just flipping a switch and having a fire without having to bring in firewood, stoke it, and sweep out ashes. This is a nice-sized room — to the right (not shown) we have the piano and bookcases (with a jungle of boxes in front of them right now).

This is a better view of the kitchen:

I. Love. My Kitchen. So many more cabinets and counter space than what I am used to!

This is a humongous pantry off the kitchen.

The laundry room is also off the kitchen, and this pic is a lived-in look!

The laundry room has this cool built-in ironing board. It’s too small for my things, but nice for quick touch-ups.

I don’t have pictures of the bedrooms — they are just rectangular rooms, all with the same beige walls and carpeting, one for us, Jesse, and a sewing/guest room. But here is the master bathroom — this is only the second time in our lives we have had a master bathroom, and I love it!

One of my favorite features in this bathroom are the towel racks:

Then there is a humongous walk-in closet:

There is not a lot of back yard space, but we’re not at a stage where we need it, and it is less to mow! There is a row of trees along the back of the property which gives the area a nice, private feel.

The garage has a place for two cars and then an area in back for a third car or small boat. Jim wants to turn that into a guest bedroom at some point.

So that gives you some idea. As I said, when we get unpacked and I get decorations up, etc., I’ll take more pictures. But that will definitely take a while longer.

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